Month: May 2023

ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say seven people are dead and others were hurt in a crash involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 5 near Albany. Police say officers responded at about 2:05 p.m. Thursday to a crash north of Albany involving two semi trucks and a passenger car in the northbound lanes of

AMY BETH HANSON, HALELUYA HADERO and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Five TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a planned ban on the video sharing app in Montana, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights. The Montana residents also argued in a legal complaint

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie has made his first in-person public appearance since being stabbed repeatedly and hospitalized nine months ago. The author attended Thursday night’s annual gala of PEN America, the literary and free expression organization for which he once served as president. Rushdie said he feels

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s environmental regulator has refused to grant a license for a controversial offshore oil drilling project near the mouth of the Amazon River, prompting celebration from environmentalists who had warned of its potential impact. The agency’s president highlighted environmental concerns in announcing Wednesday’s decision to

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Montana’s first-of-its kind law that makes it illegal for residents to use TikTok in the state is already facing its first legal challenge with a lawsuit filed by five people who use the app and argue the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights.

ALPENA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 13-year-old Michigan boy who used a slingshot to save his 8-year-old sister from an attempted kidnapping said he was “freaking out” and simply reached for something that could stop the attack. “So I grab my slingshot and open the window and I grab two things — a marble and

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office said Thursday that she is suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a complication from the shingles virus that can paralyze part of the face, and that she contracted encephalitis while recovering from the virus earlier this year. Feinstein, 89, had not previously

By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pierce Brosnan has attempted to write about himself many times, but it’s through painting that the artist truly feels he can fully express himself. “(The artwork) is biographical. I’ve tried to write the memoirs, and it’s so boring. It’s just having to dig into the head

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he is pausing an effort to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress now that the State Department is letting him view a redacted classified cable from U.S. diplomats in Kabul sent shortly before the

By STEFANIE DAZIO and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anti-trans legislation is roiling the nation. Bills prohibiting drag performances are cropping up in statehouses. Violence and vitriol are turning children’s drag story hour events into headline-news protests. San Francisco is fighting back Thursday by naming the nation’s first drag laureate, an ambassador-style

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — St. Paul police say they have arrested a 42-year-old suspect in an arson that extensively damaged a mosque and a community center. Muslim leaders say the fire early Wednesday at the the Oromo American Tawhid Islamic Center of Minnesota was the sixth act of arson or vandalism against Muslim houses

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled the government cannot simply decree that tourist trains or other public work projects are issues of “national security,” because that violates the public’s right to information. The ruling Thursday is the latest in a string of setbacks for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has sought